Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...

Ramel Powell, 38, and Sonia Reyes, 55, both died on Rikers Island earlier this year. Terrence Moore, 55, died in Department ...

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...

What to Know A man died in custody while at Rikers Monday night, becoming the fifth detainee to die in custody at the ...

Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that ...

Family members of the most recent person to die in custody on Rikers Island said they're struggling to get answers after his ...

The Department of Correction’s death toll continued to climb at a rapid rate this week after a 27-year-old died on Rikers ...

Felipe Hoyos Foronda, who advertised cosmetic surgery services on social media, tried to flee the country after the procedure ...

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released last week by the ...

City agencies last Thursday held a design workshop at Borough Hall for the Queens jail, one of four facilities slated to replace Rikers Island, but not without hearing some loud, ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...

I’m standing there with a pipe of weed and lighter,” Rotar, 37, recalled during a jailhouse interview on Rikers Island nearly ...